{"id":467,"date":"2018-08-20T20:31:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T20:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/?p=467"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:03:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:03:03","slug":"a-birth-can-be-predicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/20\/a-birth-can-be-predicted\/","title":{"rendered":"A BIRTH CAN BE PREDICTED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>More Than One Way to Wake Up<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/A-BIRTH-CAN-BE-PREDICTED.pdf\">A-BIRTH-CAN-BE-PREDICTED<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/A-BIRTH-CAN-BE-PREDICTED.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download PDF<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/A-BIRTH-CAN-BE-PREDICTED.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Accidentally-on-purpose-photo22222222.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-386\" width=\"245\" height=\"163\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br> A birth can be predicted, but death is a funny thing. <br> The two most important events in human experience<br> Are at opposite swings of a pendulum. <br> Life happens in between.<br> <br> They say that the moment of death is set <br> On the day of birth. <br> Just <strong>when<\/strong>, not <strong>how<\/strong>.&nbsp;<br> <br> Makes you wonder:<br> Just how much you can dabble in your own destiny;<br> Just how far you can push the envelope;<br> Just how much exercise you really need;<br> If it&#8217;s worth watching your diet;<br> Whether or not you have a time-sensitive mission;<br> If there&#8217;s any purpose in a life that may end at any given second;<br> If the whole thing isn&#8217;t just one big joke.<br> <br> <br> <br> But, then, you listen to the sages and <br> Read the wisdom teachings. <br> Something about <em>\u201cIt&#8217;s the journey that counts,\u201d<\/em> <br> grabs your attention.<br> <br> Seems that life doesn&#8217;t <strong><em>just<\/em> <\/strong>happen, because there are no accidents.<br> Seems that there<strong><em> is<\/em><\/strong> A Plan for the journey, or accidents would happen.<br> Seems that you <strong><em>do<\/em><\/strong> have choices about how you live, in between birth and death.<br> Seems those choices are limited by:<br> your current understanding,&nbsp;<br> your past experiences, and&nbsp;<br> whatever belief system you&#8217;ve adopted.<br> &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;<br> Then someone throws the idea of <em>\u201cFree Will\u201d<\/em> into your machinery. <br> Sounds good. <br> You like it a lot.&nbsp;<br> <br> Then you pause to think, <em>How&#8217;s that possible?<\/em>&nbsp;<br> <br> Death is on a tick tock. Not my will.<br> Life is on a Plan. Not my will, or I would know it.<br> <strong><em>My<\/em><\/strong> Free Will would have accidents happen so I wouldn&#8217;t be responsible.<br> Even the few choices I have are determined by all that has gone before.<br> <br> <br> Then, while your head is spinning around <br> All the counter contradictions, <br> You realize that the pendulum swings <strong><em>both<\/em><\/strong> ways.&nbsp;<br> <br> Crap.<br> <br> Which way is the birth?<br> Which way is the death?<br> <br> Where does the journey start?<br> Journey to where?<br> And, better, WHY?<br> Does life really, ever, have a beginning or an end?<br> <br> <br> <br> Just before smoke pours out your ears<br> You figure out that <br> You can&#8217;t figure it out because <br> You didn\u2019t arrive with the necessary equipment.<br> &nbsp;<br> No Accidents!<br> &nbsp;<br> Realization hits like a rock. <br> <strong><em>Holy Moly!<\/em><\/strong><br> Inadequate brain-power is part of <strong><em>The Plan<\/em><\/strong>!<br> <br> <br> Suddenly, it&#8217;s beer o&#8217;clock.<br> You need an<em> expanding consciousness<\/em> midwife.<br> &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;<br> See? 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